I have been soaping and testing up a storm for myself and you!!! So let's just jump in. Below are Fairy Dust and Tahiti Sweetie. Crafter's Choice Fairy Dust accelerates. I had about 1 minute after adding it to get it into the mold. It discolored to tan. The scent is not very strong at 0.75 oz. PPO.
The next FO is Tahiti Sweetie. It was a dream to soap!! The Chemistry Store's FO allowed a full 3 minutes playtime. It doesn't discolor. At 0.75 oz. PPO the scent isn't strong.
Next is from my Dessert line: Charred Chocolate Pineapple. The idea is a backyard bar-b-que where you grill rock fruits and pineapple for dessert. After it comes off of the grill and you allow the juices to rest you dip the slices of pineapple in melted dark chocolate and set aside to cool once again. I used 0.75 oz. PPO. The scent isn't strong until you actually wash your hands with the soap and then the scent is thrown!!
I like to add coconut milk to my soaps to add some creamy lather and luscious bubbles to the mix. Unfortunately, the sugars can cause it to super heat like it did. But I am still happy with the overall look.
For color I used The Chemistry Store's Black Iron Oxide, 24 karat Gold Mica and Emerald Green Gel Lab color. The Gold and Emerald didn't really survive the gel process. But the hint of colors at the top are nice.
Next from the Traveler's line is Stateroom Turndown Service. The idea behind this one is you come into your room at the end of the day with the fresh sea salt clinging to your skin and smell a fresh clean room with a decadent chocolate on your pillow.
The colors are The Chemistry Store's Black Iron Oxide and Blue Lake Mica and TBK's Seafoam Teal Mica. Unfortunately, the Blue Lake didn't survive and turned the tan-ish yellow that you see. Also, again it superheated and cracked but, oh boy, does it smell awesome!!
Ah, my very first dedicated soap and fragrance line, Pirates' Cove. Last year I sold the recipes to all of the masculine blends that I had created and I realized this year I will need more when I open back up. So, I set about making one that I had already had in my mind. It is inspired by Captain Barbosa, played by and Englishman with no attempt to sound Spanish and whose garb is dubious at best. So here is Spanish Apple that doesn't at first sniff smell anything like an apple but once you wash with it the base notes of apples and apple spice hit you. LOL, love you Geoffrey Rush. ;)
The colors are TKB Coral Reef Teal and The Chemistry Store's Royal Blue Gel lab color. As I have lamented previously, if you do not force gel on TCS's blue gel lab colors they will morph to purple/gray. And that is what has happened here.
I had about 3 minutes of play time and it thankfully didn't super heat on me like it could have. I had the owner of High Seas, now renamed 'Aloha' try out the blend and she assures me that they do not smell similar to her. Whew! That is a load off of my mind.
And lastly is my Traveler: Giacomo's Touch. This is a love story set during 1935 between a young Italian journalist and an American heiress. The colors are The Chemistry Store's Vanilla and Black Cherry Gel Lab colors.
Unfortunately, the colors didn't stick. The Dark Cherry which looked purple-ish black in the bottle turned to a dark brown and the Vanilla did what it was supposed to do. I was hoping that the colors would bounce back over time but alas, they did not. This one will be remade with the same colors but this time a drop swirl effect.
Here is you squint hard enough you can kind of see where there is a hint of red where the dark cherry is supposed to be. LOL
This one superheated but it is okay. This is a love story and there is supposed to be heat and passion!!
Next up for the soapy cauldron are: Dessert: Dirty Blueberry Cobbler, Cherry Tart and Summer Spritzer, Traveler: Saddle Up! (again) and Leather and Lace, Pirate's Cove: First Mate and Romance: Room 803, Bodice Ripper and Sensual for Men, and Journey to India and Journey: The Silk Road.
FO: Bramble Berry's Yacht Club and Pumpkin Pie Candle and Soap, Nature's Garden Banana (True) and Rustic Escentuals' Driftwood and Sea Salt, Cranberry Salsa and Three Wishes Tea. I might attempt to squeeze in Candle Pro's Absinthe.
